[TheForge] Torch cutting tip

[Andrew Vida]

Lynn -

There is no reason you cannot burn sheet metal with a larger tip.  The 
only reasons I can think of to use a smaller tip are:

	- lower fuel consumption
	- smaller kerf
	- smaller heat effected zone

These may be very valid reasons for using the smaller tip, but if you're 
not cutting lots of sheet and if kerf dimension is not critical, then I 
see no reason not to have to go to the smaller tip.  I can remember 
watching Parker Bohn very expertly burn some galvanized corrugated sheet 
with his normal large-sized torch.  No problems.  Of course, he was a 
super expert welder/cutter. :)

Lynn and Susan Lang wrote:
> Hello
> I am having trouble with my local gas supplier ordering the correct tip
> for my cutting head, they order and when it gets here it does not
> fit.....The reason for ordering a smaller tip is to cut sheet metal as
> suggested by the owners manual. Do I need a smaller tip to cut sheet
> metal or do I learn how to use the size 1 tip to cut the sheet metal?
> 
> The torch (Victor) came supplied with a series 3 size 1 tip, I have
> ordered the 000 size, and I am using LP gas.
> 
> Thank you
> lynn
> 
> 
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